$$$ Buying Electronic precious metal scrap! $$$ - Page 53

Originally Posted by kidpittsburgh

is the prices still the same? I was thinking about making a trip up from pittsburgh with some stuff.

make sure you set up an appointment. Well worth the trip.

Do you (or do you anyone who) buy(s) the platters out of hard drives?

scrappygirl, there is a lot of information on the forums that you probably missed, and I'm sure you'll not make the same mistakes again. Live and learn.

I will say though that while EWasted is the best place to ship to (in my opinion), I wish there were more information available about what to ship vs what not to ship, how to package, and other best practices. My last shipment was 65 pounds and over 20 categories (I was cleaning out some space). I probably should only have sent a few categories, and for example not shipped just two RAMBUS sticks but held them until I had a pound or so. I was paid for 10 categories, and 47 pounds of the shipment was lumped into motherboards (I only sent 20 pounds of motherboards). There were comm boards, CPUs, and EPROM chips that were paid out as motherboard, but there were also printer boards paid at motherboard rate. I think there comes a point where they are going to get tired of sorting your items, and just pay a base rate for what's left. What's interesting is even in my case what I estimated for payment was within $10 of what my lot was graded as. Mario processed my shipment, so I can only do so much - the buck stops with him. I'm taking it as live and learn on my part.

Mario's running a business to support a family, not a non profit charity to teach me how to scrap. Compared to the scrap yards, he's extremely fair and tries to help as much as he can. There's a wealth of information on these forums and you can do the chat feature on his site.

Keep at it, and make your next shipment much more profitable. Find a buyer close to you that buys your low grade stuff and don't waste money shipping it.

Thanks Foobar and also to everyone else who replied both here and PM's, it was all so helpful and I really appreciate your input and feedback. Next shipment goes out in a few days and I am looking forward to a better report, even ran across my first purple ceramic Pentium Pro CPU with a purdy gold cap! Heavy little sucker too. Still haven't figured out this photobucket thing so no pics yet. Another good find this week was my 2 solid copper heat sinks! Wouldn't have known how few of these are seen nowadays if it wasn't for past postings on the subject. I just love how informative this website is...thanks again guys an gals.

My shipment of about 55 lbs - 7 categories - arrived Friday and I'm looking forward to see what I get and how close to my estimate it is. Since this was my first shipment I was pretty meticulous in packing and even sent a printout with what I had and where it was located in the box. Not sure I'll do that every time but we'll see.

When I sent in my shipment I hads lots of stuff that did not weigh much, as I wanted to get rid of it before prices fall again. I was paid for all my items, so not sure to the above post about stuff being all lumped into motherboard catagory!

First shipment so I might be a little bit over anxious here...but my package was delivered Friday am and the website still shows waiting for package. How long does it normally take them to update the site to show package received/in process?

Originally Posted by alekwb

First shipment so I might be a little bit over anxious here...but my package was delivered Friday am and the website still shows waiting for package. How long does it normally take them to update the site to show package received/in process?

Will show delivered when they open it up to go through it.

Received my check a few days ago but for my first time using this buyer, I was impressed. Both with the payment and fast processing. Definitely will be doing business again.

My shipment was just delivered today, site wasn't updated yet, but I'm not worried. I already know these guys are gonna treat me right.

I just had 6 of 7 delivered today, and it looks like the 7th will be there tomorrow. Site hasn't updated for me yet either

Not too worried though, just so long as prices don't change between now and then.

Should have checked here before bothering an operator on the chat function at the website. I guess the high volume is good for them and I feel better that I'm not alone. The operator said it would be 1-3 days for processing, maybe an extra day for processing due to being so busy. I'll check back in a couple of days and relax a little in the meantime. :-)

Shipment received and processed! Approx $130 for a 55 lb box after shipping. I'll have to wait until I get home to check my estimates to see how close that number was but initial thinking is a little low. I may have miscategorized some of my stuff.

Seems a lot of folks are expecting a tomato from a dandelion. I've dealt with CFCS multiple times, and met Mario personally. They are more than fair and do it right. Anytime I've had a question it has been either corrected or explained to my satisfaction without me do anything other than asking. And that has been very few times.

Many members, especially newer ones it seems are expecting a winning lottery ticket out of ESCRAP. Cluttering the thread with trivial/ridiculous complaints. Get a grip people. It's repeated over and over when anyone discusses CFCS, you will get paid fairly and timely.

Not speaking for Mario, but if I'm in his shoes I would politely ask some to take their 18#'s and 85 categories down the road. When they come back they'll be much more appreciative. Just my opinion.